Hose



Dec. 18, 1934. H. w. GooDALl.

HOSE

Filed Feb. 14, 1930 F/GJ.

Patented Dec. 1s, 1934 l,984,4'15

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFHCE HOSE Howard W. Goodall, Aidan, Pa.

Application February 14, 193|, Serial No. 428,285 6 Claims. (Cl. 137-90) The principal object of the present inventionis braided wire ribbons 'I- but the braided ribbon to provide flexible duck and rubber hose having form is not necessary in all cases. Between the comparatively few plies in proportion to the successive turns of thesplralsiandof long pitch pressure which it is capable of withstanding. are arranged fillers 8, Fig. 2, which are woundV By way of illustration and not limitation. I spirally and may consist of rubber or duck and 5 have provided hose of two and one-half inches rubber or like material. The 'purpose of the internal diameter that will withstand pressure fillers 8 arranged between the turns of the ribof five thousand pounds per square inch or more bon 7 is to oppose wear or abrasion of the turns without breaking and that will have or comvof ribbon against each other when the hose is l0 prise comparatively few plies of duck and rubflexed or bent. When the ribbon 'I is employed, l0 ber, for example, as few as eight plies. being flat, it does not tend to roll and is well Generally stated, the invention comprises ilexfor permanent mounting and connecible duck and rubber hose having comparativetion in the body of the wall of the hose. 10 ly few plies in proportion to the pressure which indicates nlayers oi rubber or rubber material or it is capable of withstanding and having upoxr duck and rubber interposed between and out- 15 its outside surface a spiral winding of compara= side and inside of the spiral windings of long tively short pitch adapted to resist radial prespitch. sure and having mounted in the interior of its The' purpose of the surface winding 3 of comwall reversely disposed spiral windings of comparatively short pitch is to resist pressure in raparatively long pitch spaced from the outside dial direction, and this by reason of its location 20 spiral winding and embedded between the plies on the outside surface of the hose it is well of the hose and adapted to resist elongation of adapted to do. The purpose of the spiral windthe hose and to provide exlbility ings 4 and 5 of comparatively long pitch is to The invention also comprises the improvements resist'pressure in a direction endwise of the hose, to be presently described andiinally claimed. -and this, their arrangement, in the body of thel 25 In the following description reference will be hose and in spaced relation to the winding 3. is made to the accompanying drawing formingpart well adapted to accomplish. The pitch of the hereof and in which y spirals 4 and 5, while comparatively long, is not Figure 1 is an elevational view of hose emlong enough to interfere with nexibility of the bodying features of the invention with parts hose. Incidentally it may be said that 11 is the 30 broken away and parts illustrated in section. rubber tube or lining at the center of the hose.

Fig. 2 is a view drawn to an enlarged scale The disposition of thespirals of long pitch in and illustrating braided wire ribbon well adapted the middle portion of the wall of the hose and for use as reversely disposed spiral windings of in spaced relation to the spiral of short pitch long pitch embedded in the body of thewall of on the surface of the hose, as described, prevents 35 the hose, and and opposes twisting of the hose when pressure Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of a poris applied. Even if the spirals of long pitch are tion of the hose shown in Pig. l. of ribbon form they can, by reason of the long In the drawing. 1 and 2 generally indicate pitch, be easily and tightly sealed in a coupling.

40 plies of duck and rubben In au cam the num. In practice I may taire a commercial article, 40 ber of plies in each group need not be the me i. e., a tube and fabric, as 2, and then apply the but may be different.` Upon the outside sul-fm braid or ribbon. as described and then apply one of the hose there is a, spiral winding 3 of short or more plies of duck and rubber 2 and finally pitch, In the interior of the wm 0f the hose, apply on the outside the spiral winding of short or, in other words, betweenthe groups uf pues pitch. I may say that in the application of the 45 l and 2 there are arranged reversely disposed spirals of long pitch all of the strands should spiral windings 4 and 5 of comparatively long be substantially alike and put on undersubstanpitch. The spiral windings of comparatively long tially the same tension, thus avoiding tendency pitch are spaced from the spiral winding of comof the hose to twist.

paratively short pitch. As shown the winding A' test shows that hosev of 21,5" inside diameter 50 3 of comparatively short pitch is shown to commade as described can be bent on a twenty-inch prise wires 6, substantially half round in cross radius and in that position will stand a hydrosection, and oppositely arranged in a manner static test of 5000 lbs. tc' the square inch or more, that is well understood in the art. The spirals without blowing out.

iandoflonspiiihareshowntocnprise Fromthe foregoing descriptionandtheattached drawing it is evident that the braided wire ribbons are mesh material.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the 'art to which the invention relates that modifications may be made in details ot construction and arrangement and matters of mere form without departing from the spirit of the invention which is not limited to such matters or otherwise than the prior art and the appended claims may require.

I claim:

1. A hose comprising a body of rubber-like material having embedded therein a plurality of layers of spiral windings of ystrips of metallic mesh material, each layer comprising a plurality oi' strips uniformly spaced apart, the strips in certain windings crossing the stripsin other windings.-

2. Ahose comprising a body of rubber-like material and having a plurality of spirally wound layers, said layers being wound in opposite directions whereby the convolutions cross each' other and at least one oi' said layers being formed of metallic mesh material and being embedded in the rubber-like material, each layer comprising a plurality ot spirally wound, uniformly spaced, strips of material.

to permit bending of the hose without causing said adjacent convolutions to abut or overlap, each layer comprising a plurality of spirally wound strips o! material.

4. A hose comprising a body of rubber-like material having embedded therein a plurality of layers of spiral windings of strips of metallic mesh material, each layer comprising a plurality of strips uniformly spaced apart, the strips in certain windings crossing the strips in other windings, the same number of layers being wound in each direction.

5. A hose comprising a, body of rubber-like material and having an even number of spirally wound layers, said layers being wound in opposite directions whereby the convolutions cross each other and at least one o! said layers being formed of metallic mesh material and being embedded in the rubber-like material, each layer comprising a plurality of spirally wound, uniformly spaced, strips of material, the same number ot layers being wound in each direction.

6. A hose comprising a body of rubber-like material having a plurality of spirally wound layers, said layers being wound in opposite directions whereby the convolutions cross each other and at least one ot said layers being formed of metallic braid material including three or more strands each of which is interlaced with each other strand of said braid, said braid being embedded in the rubber-like material, each layer comprising a plurality of spirally wound strips of material.

HOWARD W. GOODALL. 

